The FBI has joined the search for an admitted killer who escaped from a mental health clinic in Hawaii. They say the search has since shifted to California.

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When psychopathic killer Randall Saito walked out of Hawaii's state hospital Sunday morning, he was empty handed, with no backpack or supplies for escape.

He walked about a mile once he escaped the hospital and called a cab. The cab dispatcher said he identified himself as Bill.

Video from inside the cab shows Saito with a backpack stuffed with supplies, including a cellphone with a portable charger. He begins to text on the phone, before urging the driver to hurry, saying he's trying to catch a flight.

Saito arrived at the airport around 10:30. Authorities said he bought on Hawaiian Airlines flight 46 to San Jose, California on Travelocity, and used the same alias he used with the cab company to get through security.

Saito was able to board the flight, which landed in San Jose at 5:30 Hawaii time, eight and a half hours after he escaped. Honolulu police and the sheriff's department have not been contacted by the Department of Health about his escape.